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Alton
Evening
Telegraph
Wednesday,
August
23,
1972
Spanish-speaking
students
aided
by
bilingual
classes
WASHINGTON
(AP)
—
Imagine
.vouv
shock
if
yon
reported
to
a
new
job
and
a
supervisor
gave
instruction
in
a
foreign
language.
For
five
million
youngsters
with
limited
or
no
command
of
English
a
similar
experience
is
familiar.
They
troop
into
American
classrooms
1o
Irani
reading,
writing
nnd
arithmetic,
but
they
often
don't
understand
the
teacher
and
the
culture
is
strange.
The
toll
in
discouraged
pupils
and
eventual
dropouts
is
tremendous.
It
is
estimated
that
Spanish-speaking
Americans,
the
nation's
second
largest
minority
group,
average
nationally
only
eight
years
of
schooling.
To
alleviate
the
situation,
the
federal
government
is
spending
about
$35
million
a
year
to
develop
bilingual
programs
designed
to
overcome
the
language
handicap
and
keep
the
children
in
school.
The
U.S.
Office
of
Education
has
213
bilingual
projects
in
about
30
states
serving
about
100,000
children
speaking
19
languages
other
than
English.
The
current
effort
mainly
is
devoted
to
Spanish-speaking
youngsters.
The
United
States
has
an
estimated
15
million
Spanish-speaking
residents,
more
than
any
other
nation
with
the
exceptions
of
Spain,
Mexico,
Argentina
and
Colombia.
The
second
largest
group
with
a
language
barrier
to
learning
in
U.S.
schools
is
the
American
Indian,
according
to
Dick
Goulet,
program
director
for
bilingual
education
in
the
Office
of
Education.
Goulet
said
the
federal
bilingual
programs,
now
in
their
fourth
year,
"generally
are
a
great
success,
especially
in
the
spinoffs
of
community
involvement,
universities
developing
new
programs
and
the
passage
of
new
legislation."
He
said
Massachusetts
has
a
law
and
Pennsylvania,
Texas,
New
York
and
California
have
guidelines
that
require
schools
to
provide
bilingual
education
where
a
certain
percentage
of
students
speak
a
first
language
other
than
English.
An
example
of
bilingual
education:
A
Spanish-
speaking
youngster
upon
entering
school
is
taught
hi
h
i
s
native
tongue
and
gradually
introduced
to
English
in
his
reading,
arithmetic
and
science
classes.
Goulet
said
that
the
Spanish
Curriculum
Center
in
Miami,
Fla.,
is
developing
a
complete
bilingual
curriculum,
reading,
Small
guy
stretches
math,
science
and
social
science,
for
grades
one
through
three.
Thus
far.
the
federal
effort
has
been
directed
at
the
elementary
school
level
although
a
few
high
school
programs
have
been
started
In
porl.-P.f-
entry
cities
such
as
Philadelphia
and
New
York,
according
to
Goulet.
In
all
of
its
experiments,
Goulet
said,
the
teachers
involved
must
be
bilingual
and,
where
possible,
have
the
same
ethnic
background
.is
the
pupils.
One
problem
facing
educators
in
the
bilingual
field
is
that
many
of
the
youngsters
come
from
poor
social
and
economic
backgrounds
and
have
inadequate
academic
to
be
cop
DETROIT
(AP)
—
"All
through
life,"
says
Sanshiro
Miyamoto,
"the
shorter
person
always
has
to
do
more
to
prove
himself."
For
Miyamoto,
that
little
something
extra
includes
whacks
on
the
head.
And
sleep
in
traction,
with
weights
hung
from
his
feet.
And
a
neck
brace.
No
medical
problem
confronts
Miyamoto,
but
rather
a
desperate
desire
to
become
a
cop.
When
he
applied
for
a
spot
on
the
Detroit
force
in
April,
Miyamoto
was
found
to
be
two
inches
short
of
the
67-inch
htipihl
required
of
city
policemen.
But
he
said
his
decision
had
been
made:
"
I
woke
up
and
realized
I
was
30
and
that
half
of
my
life
was
over.
For
the
rt-st
ot
my
life
I
want
to
be
a
policeman.
I've
made
up
my
mind
and
that's
:t."
For
two
mor.'J,:-.,
h:s
w.'e
pulled
daily
at
~a
chain
on
his
ankles,
he-
slept
in
traction
with
weights
hung
from
his
feet
and
he
wore
a
brace
'o
push
up
his
neck
—
all
in
an
attempt
to
straighten
his
spine
and
put
more
space
between
his
vertebrae-.
After
gaining
a
little,
ne
hao
his
wife
whack
him
over
the
head
with
a
board,
hopina
to
raise
a
bump
large
enough
to
get
him
past
the
height
test.
But
at
his
last
examination
he
was
still
a
hall-inch
too
short,
and
Miyamoto
is
back
to
the
whacks
and
the
trac!
un
and
the
brace.
"There's
no
question
about
this
man
s
desire
to
be
:i
policeman."
said
I.t
Kennc'h
P.
llady
ot
the
jxihrc
rwt'uiiiiix
office.
preparation
in
their
native
language.
New
York
City
has
22
bilingual
projects
but
the
Fleischmann
Commissicn
reported
that
only
4,;lflO
children
arc
bring
rp.ichrrt
with
such
programs
although
the
city
has
J3S.OOO
Spanisli-
spcaking
youngsters
who
are
severely
limited
in
ability
to
speak
English.
"It
is
no
wonder
that
Puerto
Rlcan
children
arc
scoring
poorly
on
standardized
tests,
dropping
out
of
school
at
an
extraordinary
rate
(52
r*r
cent
between
10th
and
12th
grades),
failing
to
take
advantage
of
post-scconda-y
school
opportunities
a/id
finding
it
very
difficult
to
compete
in
the
jot)
market,"
the
commission
said.
Chicago
is
reaching
12,flfn
of
its
45,010
foreign-language
speaking
children
through!
cue
or
another
bilingual
project.
Dr.
James
Moffat,
an
assistant
superintendent
in
the
Chicago
system,
says
"our
problem
is
finding
teachers
who
are
blcultural
as
well
as
bilingual."
Almost
all
educators
stress
a
need
to
maintain
a
student's
heritage
and
culture
as
he
Is
introduced
to
English
and
to
the
pattern
of
American
culture.
"Our
society
has
taken
its
toll
of
kids
by
depriving
them
of
their
self
image,"
said
Michael
Quinn,
of
the
Chicago
system.
"A
child
has
to
stand
tall
before
he
can
learn
his
reading,
writing
and
arithmetic."
Frogmen
Detroit
Police
Department
frogmen
Robert
Wolfe
and
Bill
Smith
look
as
if
they're
riding
dolphins
over
the
Detroit
River
in
a
public
demonstration
of
the
new
pontoon-equip,
ped
helicopter.
Piloting
the
aircraft
is
Lt.
Gilbert
Truax,
a
commander
of
the
new
Detroit
Police
Department
Aviation
Unit.
The
helicopter
will
be
used
in
water
rescue
work.
(AP
Wirephoto)
Rep.
Pike
says
its
time
to
defoliate
Pentagon
papers
Alton
Evening
Telegraph
Wednesday,
August
23,
1972
A-7
Illinois
delegates
Gov.
Richard
gets
into
an
members
of
the
floor
of
Ogilvie,
second
from
left,
animated
discussion
with
liis
Illinois
delegation
on
the
Republican
National
Convention
as
GOP
delegates
prepared
for
a
floor
fight
over
rules
allocating
delegates
to
future
conventions.
(AP
Wirephoto)
WASHINGTON
(AP)
—
Jokes
aside,
says
a
member
of
the
House
Armed
Services
Committee,
it's
time
to
defoliate
the
Pentagon's
paper
jungle.
There
are
11,916
separate
paper
forms
in
use
at
the
Pentagon,
says
Rep.
Otis
G.
Pike,
D-N.v.,
most
of
which
are
seldom
read
but
which
consume
"a
fantastic
amount
of
wasted
time,
effort
and
money."
In
a
letter
Tuesday
to
Rep.
F.
Edward
Hebert,
D-La.,
the
committee
chairman,
Pike
urged
"a
major
investigation
of
the
paper
jungle
which
is
costing
both
our
military
and
our
laxpaying
citizens
so
very
dearly."
He
said
the
situation
is
so
bad
that
It
has
given
rise
to
such
jokes
as:
"An
aircraft
carrier
is
ready
to
launch
only
when
it
weighs
as
much
as
the
paper
it
took
to
build
it,"
and,
"No
military
plane
has
ever
been
built
which
could
lift
the
paper
It
took
to
make
it
fly."
Pike
cited
the
case
of
a
prospective
manufacturer
of
a
simple
felt
washer
who
was
given
plans,
specifications
and
forms
which
"weighed
seven
and
one-half
pounds,
and
some
of
them
were
on
microfilm."
During
committee
hearings
into
military
manpower
needs,
Pike
said
the
Pentagon
was
asked
to
provide
one
copy
of
every
standard
form
in
use.
Daley
takes
rear
seat
Chicago's
Mayor
Richard
J.
Daley
peddles
from
the
rear
seat
on
a
tamdem
bicycle.
Event
was
inauguration
of
a
new
route
for
bicycles
through
Chicago's
downtown
area.
Riding
escort
is
James
McDonough,
right,
commissioner
of
streets.
(AP
Wirephoto)
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Long
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Sizes
6Vi-12.
Reg.
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Choose
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6V*-12,13.
Girls'pants
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Nylon
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pant
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girls
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Military
buildup
in
Hawaii
HONOLULU
(AP)
—
Military
activity
in
Hawaii
is
moving
into
high
gear
again
as
the
Vietnam
war
winds
down.
Army
and
Marine
combat
units
are
being
reformed
and
beefed
up
as
the
50th
state
again
becomes
the
base
of
primary
reserve
fighting
forces
in
the
Pacific.
Hawaii's
military
population
has
reached
almost
119,000,
the
highest
since
January
1965,
when
the
total
was
about
136,000
and
just
before
the
25th
Infantry
Division
and
the
1st
Marine
Brigade
left
for
Vietnam.
A
further
increase
is
certain
within
the
next
year
when
combat
units
are
brought
to
near
full
strength.
The
Army
recently
added
a
second
bridgade
to
the
25th
Division
at
Schofield
Barracks,
which
will
add
4,000
men
to
the
present
6,000-man
force
by
mid-1973.
The
Marine
Corps
plans
to
add
some
1,000
troops
to
the
First,
Brigade
at
the
Kaneohe
Marine
Corps
Air
Station
by
the
middle
of
next
year.
The
influx
of
troops
win
bring
related
problems,
including
the
need
for
housing.
The
Army
said
it
will
need
6,000
units
at
Schofield
Barracks
by
mid-1973,
but
will
have
only
3,600.
The
Marine
Corps
says
it
will
be
in
"fairly
good
shape"
in
family
housing
at
Kaneohe
by
next
year.
Maj.
Gen.
Thomas
W.
Mellen,
on
the
eve
of
his
recent
departure
as
commander
of
the
U.S.
Army,
Hawaii,
and
the
25th
Division,
warned
that
"troops
will
be
getting
tighter
and
tighter
as
far
as
living
accommodations
are
concerned."
He
also
noted
the
impact
on
the
civilian
community,
saying
thousands
of
automobiles
will
add
to
Oahu's
traffic
problems.
The
increase
in
dependents,
he
said,
will
mean
a
need
for
expansion
in
the
schools.
Linden
ivill
speak
at
S1UE
graduation
EDWARDSVILLE
—
George
W.
Linden,
professor
of
philosophical
studies
at
Southern
Illinois
University
at
Eclwardsville,
will
be
the
speaker
at
SIUE
summer
q
u
a
r
t
e
r
commencement
exercises
Sept.
2.
Linden
was
chosen
by
members
of
the
graduating
class,
in
keeping
with
a
campus
tradition.
More
than
800
are
expected
to
receive
degrees
at
the
ceremony
set
for
10
a.m.
at
the
multi-purpose
events
site
on
the
SIUE
campus.
Linden
joined
the
SIUE
faculty
i/i
1962.
He
is
a
former
chairman
of
the
department
of
philosophical
studies,
but
elected
to
return
to
full-time
teaching
in
order
to
have
more
time
for
writing.
He
is
the
author
of
"Kefkvtions
on
the
Screen,"
a
book
on
the
mnvie.s
as
an
art
form,
a/id
of
numerous
poems.
He
has
served
as
a
book
reviewer
for
Saturday
HevR'w
and
is
a
contributor
to
Personalist,
a
literary
quarterly
published
at
the
University
of
California.
The
speaker,
a
ivsicli'iit
of
('
o
11'.
n
s
v
111
e
,
a
former
president
of
Hie
Faculty
Senate
at
the
University.
He
earned
a
bachelor
degree
at
the
University
of
Mi.s.s
mil
uiui
nia.-UT's-
and
doctor's
ih'UKvs
'irin
the
University
O!
11:111,i|S.